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Shinji and Kaworu’s hair matched. This had greatly startled Kaworu when he first realized it. As Shinji had aged and he had remained the same they had felt it acutely but he had never fully understood the reality of it.
Shinji was going to die.
Kaworu knew he should have died long ago. That night so many years ago he’d told Shinji he was an angel and they ran away together.
They’d kept running until everyone had forgotten about angels and evangelions and prophecies. Until Seele’s faithful passed away leaving a new generation of leaders simply content with ruling the world. Instead of being done in by angels NERV collapsed from budget cuts.
Shinji smiled up at Kaworu his face wrinkled and aged and so different from the boy he had fallen in love with. He was happier, content, and that should have been good enough. He smiled at Shinji placidly.
“Can I get you something to eat Shinji?”
Shinji shook his head.
A few days ago he had tried to play the piano with Shinji but his hands had kept shaking. Finally Shinji just stopped trying. He smiled at Kaworu as if to say that’s enough and just listened to him play. Since then he hadn’t eaten.
Kaworu made Shinji a cup of tea and watched Shinji until he fell asleep.
He wouldn’t let Shinji die.
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He walked right into NERV. All he had to do was buy a ticket; the lilin had converted it into a museum. He had NERV understood their need to preserve the past until now. He walked to a side door and an alarm went off.
He descended to an old elevator.
“Hey Kid! You’re not supposed to be down here!” A bored looking security officer shouted at him. Kaworu ignored him and walked past him. There was no point in triggering any more sensors or long abandoned alarm systems. Even if there was no one left other than a few guards there was still a failsafe.
The guard grabbed him. “You’re coming with me.”
Kaworu smiled at him.
“I’m sorry but I would like to finish this before Shinji wakes up. Could you please let me go?”